By Sboniso Phakathi – Project Leader: Rural Initiatives for a Sustainable Environment (RISE) The RISE team kicked off the new year by welcoming a group of 13 prospective coaches on the eight-day Coaching Conservation’s (CC) Train the Trainer course.  The coaches arrived from different work contexts joined by Coaching Conservation’s call of Inspiring Kids Who […]
The year 2023 started on a high note for the Community and Youth Development Department. Equipped with programmes that work as stepping-stones into conservation, the department is also home to the Rural Initiatives for a Sustainable Environment (RISE) Unit.  The Community and Youth Department concentrates on accredited training programmes. In January 2023, the department welcomed […]
Three rhino de-horning operations were completed during the January period within the Greater Kruger. These operations have proven to be effective in minimising poaching incidents. Dehorning rhinos is not the ultimate solution to the rampant poaching that fuels the high demand for rhino horns created by the practice of traditional medicine and status by Asian […]
Our total training hours have now reached a total of 220 hours with the addition of training that has commenced in the Kruger National Park as well. Beginning our training at our new Satellite K9 Unit near Skukuza has proven highly beneficial with having access to the SANParks helicopter for training purposes. Unfortunately, the official […]
It is with great pleasure that we advise that the Protected Area Integrity Department’s African Field Ranger Training Services Unit has had a particularly good first-quarter not only with our training, but we were also invited to attend both the United for Wildlife Conference and the Game Rangers Association of Africa (GRAA) Annual General Meeting […]
Programmes and training conducted in the first quarter include: University Groups:Â The first international group of the year stayed at the SAWC from 23 -27 February in partnership with Global Conservation Corporation. The group enjoyed a behind the scenes conservation experience where they met with the men and woman managing and training various aspects in […]
Zinave National Park, situated in the Inhambane Province of Mozambique is on the verge of becoming one of Africa’s most celebrated wilderness destinations covering some 408 000 ha. This follows the signing of a co-management agreement between the Mozambican Ministry of Land, Environmental and Rural Development and Peace Parks Foundation to jointly develop the park as an […]
By Ashwell Glasson – Registrar and Head of Department   College Student Representative Council elected For the Student Administration and Programme Support department, the first few months of year is particularly busy, with students joining us on site at the campus. One highlight is the election of our Student Representative Council (SRC). The College has […]
After leaving school early due to circumstances at home and then trying to find his feet, Excellent Mbuso Mhangane, known to many at the Southern African Wildlife College as Mbuso, always felt he was capable of more. A true jack of all trades, he had tried his hand at various things from carpentry, windscreen fitting, […]
by Bruce McDonald South Africa accounts for about half of the total black rhino population on the African continent and is also home to the world’s largest population of white rhinos, which continue to be threatened by poaching and the illegal wildlife trade. Whilst we await the verified figures from the Department of Forestry, […]